Twitter is all agog for Iron Maiden‘s title track for their next album “The Final Frontier,” and it’s easy to see why. The metal demigods unveiled a director’s cut of the video and it’s a dark science-fiction romp with chases through an asteroid belt, a “Raiders of the Lost Ark” homage and Iron Maiden’s mascot Eddie in full Predator mode minus the dreadlocks. “The Final Frontier” drops August 16.

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